Gould paper

A  It shows that primates are the last successful group to develop so they need to be at the end of all sequences

B  It shows that many successful groups continue to arise after primates so it is strange to put humans at the end of all sequences

C  It shows that fish share a large number of traits with birds

D  It shows that fish are the ancestors of humans

A  During the Cambrian Explosion

B  During the time land animals first developed

C  During the same time modern humans developed

D  During the time of dinosaurs

A  That scientific revolutions require multiple scientists to work together for them to succeed

B  That fish have the same ability to dream as people

C  That scientific revolutions require a great mind to work in isolation

D  That great revolutions in science always knock human arrogance off one pedestal after another

A  They have a dormancy stage

B  They can hold their breath longer than other plankton

C  They have shells

D  They are deeper divers than other plankton

A  7

B  3

C  5

D  1

E  17

A  A large asteroid hit the planet

B  The appearance of ½ of the animal phyla in the fossil record

C  The appearance of all but one of  the animal phyla in the fossil record

D  A massive volcanic eruption the size of the Yellowstone volcano

A  2/5 of Earth’s history

B  5/8 of Earth’s history

C  1/6 of Earth’s history

D  1/4 of Earth’s history

E  5/6 of Earth’s history

A  That plants evolve but animals do not

B  That there is no evolutionary tendency to favor complexity

C  That animals evolve but plants do not

D  That evolution favors more complex body parts as a group develops

E  That whales are the closest mammal group to humans

A  4.6 billion years

B  1 billion years

C  47 billion years

D  2 billion years

E  3.5 billion years

A  A clear ability of mammals to outthink all non-mammals on the planet

B  A fortuitous and contingent outcome of thousands of linked events

C  A victory of higher life forms over lower life forms

D  A clear pathway from lower life forms to higher life forms

A  Yes

B  No